Local Crie ls Briefs Travelers Share News in City
Local notes report Mr and Mrs John Conner and family visiting Ottumwa and staying with C C Conner. Miss Lillian Holmes of Crawfordsville visits friends. Cecil Johnson leaves The Hub Store for Thoma Son retail. Fred Mullenix fills Johnson’s Hub Store post. Albert Hayes of Chicago visits. Mr and Mrs J H McCarty of Stockport visit. Mrs G W Gaumer travels to Ainsworth for several days. Mrs John ONeil Sr improves at home. Leppo and Brown family trips to New London. Teeter couple visit Rock Island and Moline. Businessmen discuss a new factory proposition with a tentative plan. James Simmons from St Paul visits parents. Albert Rother also from St Paul. Agnes Razerty and Pete Zanauzall from Keokuk visit. John Hinkle and family of Merrimac visit Mrs A L King. Flora Eastes of Chariton visits George Eckerman home. Benningtons and Landis travel with Bierne Haselwood to visit Lon Coder on South Fourth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Neil Sr
West Hempstead Street
Charles Leppo
Zell Brown
New London
Mr. Brown
Wm. Teeter
Rock Island
Moline
James Simmons
St. Paul
Albert Rother
Agnes Razerty
Pete Zanauzall
Keokuk
John Hinkle
Merrimac
A. L. King
Flora Eastes
Chariton
George Eckerman
A. L. Bennington
I. F. Landis
Bierne Haselwood
Dallas, Ill
Lon Coder
South Fourth Street
Farmers warned to watch strangers in fields
Burlington reports of strangers seen in corn fields across several counties. Ottumwa notes two arrests linked to a man with smooth white hands and fine clothes. Mt Pleasant cites a farm hand who vanished after one day. Muscatine records cattle losses amid suspected strangers shifting activity to Henry and Louisa counties. Sheriff urges vigilance and warns farmers and peers in Des Moines county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Walentine County
Henry County
Louisa County
Ottumwa
Lyon
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Louisa
Iowa
Earnest
Des Moines County
MacDaniels
Wapello
Parsons College Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Postponed
The Parsons College Ladies Auxiliary meeting set for tomorrow at Mrs. Frank Crail Jr. on South Main Street is postponed to Thursday due to Prof. P C Hildreth’s death. The Wesleyan Bible Class meets Wednesday at the Red Cross Gauze shop at two. The Methodist church Ladies hold their annual social Thursday evening, Nov 22 in the church basement. The Fairfield Oratorio Society prepares for a Thanksgiving Day concert at Albia with eighteen numbers in the program. The local concert is Tuesday, Nov 27 at eight in the Methodist church to choose representatives for the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College Ladies’ Auxiliary
Frank Crail, Jr
South Main Street
P. C. Hildreth
Wesleyan Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Fairfield Oratorio Society
Albia
Harper Speaks Tonight In Win My Chum Week Meeting
A. K. Harper will speak at 7:30 p m tonight at the Epworth League campaign event titled The Red Badge of Courage. The meeting is held at the Methodist Church and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
A. K. Harper
Fairfield City Water To Be Unfiltered For Several Days
The City Water will not be filtered for three or four days beginning Wednesday morning November 14 due to repairs at the plant. Consumers will be notified when filtration resumes. City of Fairfield, Paul Coleson, City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Fairfield
Paul Coleson
Local residents and visitors noted in Mt Pleasant area
Sheriff Shan Campbell and others were reported in Mt Pleasant on business. Numerous residents and visitors including Misses Rangner, Eva J. Davis, Evan McClure, and Mr. and Mrs. Swanson were mentioned in social notices. The column closes with a prompt prompting readers to get the latest from an authority, featuring Col. McClure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shan Campbell
Mt. Pleasant
Japan
Col. McClure
Disease germs suspected in corn treatment near Mt Pleasant
It is believed not poison but disease germs were in a substance used to treat corn on the Lyon farm. Indications point to a liquid that dried to a powder, with chemists calling for further tests at Iowa City. A stranger who worked husking nearby left abruptly before dawn, without pay or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Lyon
Iowa City
Two Arrests Made in Corn Crop Damage Plot
Ottumwa Iowa November 13 Two men posing as umbrella repairers were caught sprinkling a fluid on corn in Henry county near Mount Pleasant. Two are in custody while a health test analyzes the liquid. Federal officers suspect the plot mirrors a Muscatine county cattle poisoning case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
United States
N. F. Reed
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine County
Wonderplay Shows Irrigation Project at Orpheum
The Metro Wonderplay Under Handicap stars Harold Lockwood and debuts at the Orpheum on Wednesday November 14. Fred J Balshofer directed and recreated a large scale irrigation plant with data from field visits and staff consultations. A dam is blown up and rebuilt by Conniston Lockwood to save the heroine and the heroine’s honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro
Harold Lockwood
Orpheum
Fred J. Balshofer
Conniston
Iarold Lockwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fontircland
Criefs
John Conner
J. E. Crail
Gertrude Conner
C. C. Conner
Lillian Holmes
Crawfordsville
Cecil Johnson
Hub
Thoma & Son
Fred Mullenix
H. C. Davis Grocery
Mr. Johnson
Albert Hayes
Chicago
J. H. McCarty
Stockport
G. W. Gaumer
Ainsworth
McDaniels
Harper
W. E. Prouty
Lockridge
Carrie
Esther Rangner
Des Moines
Eva J. Davis
Holly, Colo
Ida Roberts
Evan McClure
Nebraska
Ernest Rauscher
John Coleson
Lindstrom
Varna, Ill
P. A. Swanson
Gahart Filinger
Mrs. Allen of
Yeo
City
Messrs
H. H. Brown
John Gossick
Ray Bradshaw
T. F. MecNew
Lillie Gilchrist
Kansas
Cit
Beryl Fleming
Wm. Slattery
Charles Barnes
Charles Newland
County Line
D. P. Stubbs
Adisa Bates
Centerville
D. C
W. Fordyce
Rock Rapids
Mrs. Ruggles
Birmingham
Lockwood
Orpheum Theater
Wonderplay
Emerson Records
Pathe Records
Winter
Ous “Laumer Brossemby
Brunswick Phonographs
Georgette
East Side
American Plaster Board
Ld Rim - Est
Mir
Pheum Theater
the Fairfield
Ncert
Nio
FOX Film Corp
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